A linguagem de programação em blocos na formação de futuros pedagogos da UFPB/CCHSA

Abstract

During the training of future educators at Campus III of the Federal University of Paraíba, technologies in education are studied in a very general way, without specifying mastery of programming languages, such as the Scratch platform. Given this context, our research question for this final project was to investigate how the block-based programming language, through Scratch, can contribute to the initial teacher training of the Pedagogy program at DE/CCHSA/UFPB. This qualitative research is framed within an intervention-based investigation. In this context, we conducted pedagogical workshops that focused on the use of the block-based programming language, through Scratch, to create educational games. However, our initial objectives were well met, as we evaluated Scratch as a significant teaching resource for teacher training, and also developed workshops introducing the use of the programming language for creating educational games. Finally, we mapped how the trainee teachers learned after the workshops. We believe that our contributions will be valuable for future research in this field, hoping to have significant impacts on the implementation of initial and continuing education in block programming practices as pedagogical resources.